Daily Archives: August 1, 2018

Leonys Martin
Detroit Tiger Leonys Martin, who had been expected to be trade bait this year, has become just that.
Hours before the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline, the Tigers traded Martin to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Double-A shortstop Willi Castro, Cleveland’s No. 8 rated prospect. Chris McCosky of The Detroit News writes:
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DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera can now say it with a good deal of certainty: Baseball is harder than it looks on TV. “It’s so easy when you watch the game on TV. It’s so slow,” the Detroit slugger said. “The game is so simple on TV.” It’s not nearly as simple on the field, of course, and right now ...

(CNN) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has opened a criminal investigation in the duck boat accident that killed 17 people on a lake near Branson. The investigation into the July 19 capsizing and sinking of a duck boat at Table Rock Lake is being conducted under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, according to Mary Compton, a spokeswoman for Hawley. ...

A Flint officer removes the boy’s cuffs.
The ACLU of Michigan is suing the Flint Police Department for handcuffing a 7-year-old boy at an after-school program nearly three years ago.
An account given Tuesday by the legal group says Cameron McCadden, an African-American boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, was under four-feet tall and 55 pounds ...

By Norm Elrod Another year brings another class inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The names were announced back in January, and this past Sunday, Cooperstown made it official. This year’s inductees — Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, and Jack Morris — joined their rightful place among the legends of the game. Let’s take ...

LANSING (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette scheduled a meeting with state employees to discuss presidential politics during work hours and later sent follow-up emails dangling financial incentives to those who secured endorsements for Jeb Bush. The emails were first uncovered by the Detroit Free Press Tuesday and later obtained by The Associated Press. Schuette is seeking the Republican ...

The city of Detroit is trying to cap the sale of pot.
The City Council unanimously approved zoning changes to limit the number of medical marijuana facilities in the city to 75 and regulate where they can locate, Christine Ferretti of The Detroit News reports. The ordinance also limits the size of an operation.
“The ...